Farm Rio

Farm Rio reports on its materials. It relies on high emissions and synthetic materials while also using some lower emissions materials. The brand has general plans to reduce its reliance on high emissions materials, which include introducing more responsible materials into its collections. It has more eco-friendly products in its lines categorized under 'responsible materials'. Farm Rio is a B Corp.

Farm Rio's parent company, Grupo SOMA, shares information on its energy strategy. Grupo SOMA claims to use renewable energy in its production sites, corporate offices, and storefronts, but doesn't specify proportion or specific source. It has targets for expanding its use of renewable electricity by 2025. It implements energy efficiency measures in its production sites, corporate offices, and storefronts. Farm Rio sources and manufactures its materials globally, which is standard practice in the textile industry.

Farm Rio uses a majority of recyclable paper and cardboard for its packaging. It's unclear if its paper or plastic packaging materials have any recycled content. It has made efforts to minimize the amount of material used in its packaging overall.

Farm Rio doesn't offer repair services or support. Farm Rio doesn't offer a warranty. It gives detailed and environmentally conscious care instructions for its products.

Farm Rio has a take back program in partnership with Enjoei. This program accepts any brand's clothes for resale. Farm Rio shares details on how successful this program is at diverting items from landfills.

Farm Rio offers some products across multiple seasons but also releases new items frequently throughout the year. It limits overproduction and waste via reusing waste/deadstock.

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Farm Rio has a prominent sustainability page with comprehensive details on its climate strategy. It publishes a brand-level detailed annual report with a clear, impact-driven strategy and progress reporting. Its last accessible annual report was published in 2023.

Farm Rio internally measures and publicly reports its total emissions. It provides an overall total, but does not provide a breakdown by scope. The last reporting period was 2023. In its most recent update, its estimated emissions footprint was 16,599 tons CO2e.

Farm Rio has SBTi-approved emissions reduction targets for the short-term (1-5 years) and long-term (10+ years). Its parent company, Grupo SOMA, has reported that different calculation methodologies were used across years and it does not have any accurate progress results to share for Farm Rio. Commons could not verify if the brand is on track for its targets or not. Farm Rio offsets emissions from its corporate operations (scope 1-2).

Farm Rio publishes information about its supply chain partners, disclosing their names and locations across Tier 1 (final production manufacturing). It publicly shares a supplier code of conduct, which prohibits child labor, prohibits forced labor, disallows unauthorized subcontracting, ensures the right to collective bargaining, and includes environmental clauses. Its code of conduct doesn't ensure a living wage or establish grievance mechanisms. Farm Rio conducts audits of its supply chain partners, but the frequency is unclear.